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Show I 9MWR ffc PHILIPPINES Special Commissioner Says It Will Be Over in a Few Days Chicago, Sept. 2. - Governor Ixon-ardo Ixon-ardo Osorlo y Reyes, of Cavlte, special commissioner of the Philippine government, gov-ernment, who Is circling the globe on a harbor Investigation tour for his government, arrived in Chicago yetter day from Niagara Falls. He declared that the uprising headed by Simeon Mandao In the province of Neuva Viz-caya. Viz-caya. Is unimportant und of small moment to the general welfare and peace of the islands. He predicted that the Insurrection In Neuva Vlzcayn would be quelled and Mandao captured in less than a week. "Neuva Ylzcaya Is no bigger than that," he said, making a circle of his two thumbs and forefingers, "and this Mandao, who Is a fugitive from Justice, Jus-tice, haw probably less than a hundred followers, all ignorant fellows of the lower class. Neuva Vlzcaya is one of the poorest provinces, and there Is little valuable property which the outlaws can destroy. As soon as the constabulary and Ihe courts get after them it will all be over as quick as that." and Governor Rees snapped his lingers and smiled at the thought. |